Potential newbies

[Daniel91]

So newbies on this forum have made nice contributions to this  forum. however my question is apart from post quality how else can u notice a potential newbie on this forum.
Does post to merit ratio count?

OP, you are making some claims here without concrete facts and examples.
So newbies on this forum have made nice contributions to this  forum
Where did you get this conclusion from? Which specific newbies made a specific contribution to this forum and in what way?

how else can u notice a potential newbie on this forum
Who is a potential newbie for you?
Can you clarify that a bit?
Merit is a good indicator of one's contribution to this forum, but many members reached higher forum ranks before the introduction of the merit system.
I see that lately you open some topics on this forum but after that you don't participate in the discussion at all, so I wonder what is the purpose of so many open topics?
I suggest that you be more specific in your questions in the future in order to get a more specific answer.

[Pmalek]

So now it's up to you to choose which way you get noticed just also know that if you are noticed for the positive reasons then you are likely to get merited for it but negatively there are high chances of you getting banned.

Actually, Bitcointalk gives its members a lot of freedom you wouldn't have elsewhere, and there is only a handful of reasons you could get banned for. You would still have a place here even if you scam and steal. You can talk bad about the admins and bitcoin, and you wouldn't get banned. You could wish death on crypto and everyone who touches it, and your opinions wouldn't be silenced.

The worst things you could do is plagiarize, spread malware, share referral links, or spam to the point you get on everyone's nerves. That's when your chances of getting banned significantly increase.   

[rby]

So now it's up to you to choose which way you get noticed just also know that if you are noticed for the positive reasons then you are likely to get merited for it but negatively there are high chances of you getting banned.

Actually, Bitcointalk gives its members a lot of freedom you wouldn't have elsewhere, and there is only a handful of reasons you could get banned for. You would still have a place here even if you scam and steal. You can talk bad about the admins and bitcoin, and you wouldn't get banned. You could wish death on crypto and everyone who touches it, and your opinions wouldn't be silenced.

The freedom in this very forum, I have not seen it in any other forum anywhere. I mean you can actually do anything you like and get away with it. I have seen  some newbies complaining that the forum is too strict and unfriendly but I laugh any time I meet those kind of posts. This forum is so lenient that even when you are dormant for 5 years, anytime you remember the forum, just log in and start using it again. There was when I stopped using the forum, I thought I was locked out but nothing like that.

The worst things you could do is plagiarize, spread malware, share referral links, or spam to the point you get on everyone's nerves. That's when your chances of getting banned significantly increase.   

Even some plagerists get away with their plagerism when they have smart fingers to delete the evidence before a moderator meets it.

[Pmalek]

The worst things you could do is plagiarize, spread malware, share referral links, or spam to the point you get on everyone's nerves. That's when your chances of getting banned significantly increase.   

Even some plagerists get away with their plagerism when they have smart fingers to delete the evidence before a moderator meets it.

I know. That's why I said the chance of getting banned increases, not that they will definitely get banned. It's like we have different plagiarism ban cycles on the forum. First we have a period with increased bans for copy-pasted content. That is then followed by a period where we can read complaints in Meta that admins aren't handling plagiarism cases and nothing happens to the plagiarists. Ultimately, a new ban cycle begins where admins start banning more people for such offences, and then we start seeing ban appeals.   

[rby]

The worst things you could do is plagiarize, spread malware, share referral links, or spam to the point you get on everyone's nerves. That's when your chances of getting banned significantly increase.   

Even some plagerists get away with their plagerism when they have smart fingers to delete the evidence before a moderator meets it.

I know. That's why I said the chance of getting banned increases, not that they will definitely get banned. It's like we have different plagiarism ban cycles on the forum. First we have a period with increased bans for copy-pasted content. That is then followed by a period where we can read complaints in Meta that admins aren't handling plagiarism cases and nothing happens to the plagiarists. Ultimately, a new ban cycle begins where admins start banning more people for such offences, and then we start seeing ban appeals.   

Lol...what an apt observation!
You are very correct and you must be a very detailed person for you to figure this out. Exactly, it seems the ban system works in cycle just like bitcoin. Maybe if you are not a moderator you will not figure out why it works that way.
There will be a period that many plagerists will get away with their crime, even when you report such cases they will either not be attended to or at most the posts get deleted by the moderator.
There is also a period when a slight copy and paste at a glance will get you a pam ban. I don't really know if it's the effect of the case by case handling of the issues.

[nakamura12]

If you think that a newbie have a potential then I don't think it would be a potential newbie but a potential jr. member as it is the next rank after newbie. On getting merits?, It depends on the merit sender's criteria in giving merits and there are threads that rewards merits when you are done doing what they require you to do like finding high quality posts of different users to submit it before you are getting merited. Anyway, there are more ways and try doing some research then you will know what it is.

[Agbe]

So newbies on this forum have made nice contributions to this  forum . however my question is apart from post quality how else can u notice a potential newbie on this forum.
Does post to merit ratio count?

A potential newbie is notice through their good contributions with quality analysis of threads and comments. I agree with you OP. Not all the newbies are potential. There are some newbies that doesn't know anything about bitcoin and even the forum but there are some newbies that contribute meaningful contributions to a thread that some other members can even say anything. This also apply to school classroom. Not all the pupils are equal in knowledge. Here newbie we are talking about brain and not the registered account as newbie.

[drwhobox]

A potential newbie is notice through their good contributions with quality analysis of threads and comments. I agree with you OP. Not all the newbies are potential. There are some newbies that doesn't know anything about bitcoin and even the forum but there are some newbies that contribute meaningful contributions to a thread that some other members can even say anything. This also apply to school classroom. Not all the pupils are equal in knowledge. Here newbie we are talking about brain and not the registered account as newbie.

I might be wrong but you don't see potential by any other ways beside their posting on the forum. If the newbie is potentially he will post quality content on the forum and will get merit for that. So yes with a good post and merit ratio will make the difference.

[Patrol69]

What a person does as a forum newbie is to first try to know the rules of the forum well and read everyone else's replies carefully before making standard posts and after reading the posts and replies carefully try to post your own. No new member wants to post spammy content in the forum but they do such posts without their knowledge. In the beginning the posts of the newbies are not of standard but gradually they improve the quality of their posts. Because in the forum they go through new experiences and learn about new things every day.

[Pmalek]

In the beginning the posts of the newbies are not of standard but gradually they improve the quality of their posts. Because in the forum they go through new experiences and learn about new things every day.

That depends on if the person has any experience with internet forums in general. If you are active in any other online communities, regardless the subject, you would realize that it's not that different. The rules differ here and there, but the flow of thoughts and standards of posting are similar. Bitcointalk has had its share of new members who have been exceptional from day 1. You don't see it every day and they are worth the wait.

[doomloop]

So newbies on this forum have made nice contributions to this  forum . however my question is apart from post quality how else can u notice a potential newbie on this forum.
Does post to merit ratio count?

By potential newbie, do you mean a newbie having the potential to be a good contributor? I don't think there is any need to evaluate a user other than their post quality, and if they have a very good post quality, they will automatically start getting Merits as soon as they start getting noticed by the community, so you can also see if someone has got more Merits than their posts or just have been gaining Merits lately for many of their posts, you can understand that they have the potential to produce quality posts.

But I don't understand why you are asking this, it shouldn't be your focus if you are on the forum to learn about Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies and take part in discussions related to various topics around cryptocurrency world and physical world as well, your potential will come out if you focus only on gaining more knowledge.

Also, I believe this topic should be Beginners & Help section and not here.

[letteredhub]

The word newbie is some sort of designated rank based on the ranks hierarchical system of the forum which is subject to your number of activity and number of merits gotten. Ranking aside, there are some Sr members above whose post quality could be related to that of an actual newbie by rank. How real newbies are known is by the content of their posts, formatting of their posts and the kind of questions they ask in the forum etc .

[Bushdark]

So newbies on this forum have made nice contributions to this  forum . however my question is apart from post quality how else can u notice a potential newbie on this forum.
Does post to merit ratio count?

I still don't comprehend what you mean by newbies have made nice contributions to the forum. How, when? You need to explain this because it is not that clear to me. Maybe we can assume that there are some newbies that are trying very hard to write good posts why other may choose to write in a shitty manners. If we talk about writing good posts, then newbies would be out of the box because we can assume that they are frequent in writing and contributing to the forum except for some minute numbers.

[Sakanwa]

 I don't think you choose the right topic for this post, because you automatically become a newbie once you make a new post or reply to a thread, the word potential according to your statement should be referred to those that have an idea about that forum but are yet to join or brand-new members that yet to make a post.
 So far a newbie in the forum is making nice contributions and gaining Merits they could be referred to as potential member, full member or any other senior rank, and the more quality contributions you make more you get noticed and merited by high ranking members in the forum.